Wright is Wrong! Set Love Free!

Wright is Wrong! Set Love Free!

The Wright amendment has been around since 1979 and exists solely for the purpose of stifling competition. Any commercial airliner flying out of regional airports close to DFW are limited to flying only to states that immediatly border Texas (New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't our country have laws against blocking free competition of businesses? Don't anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws protect businesses from unfair assaults on their ability to do business? Why, then, is our government keeping their fingers in north Texas' transportation pie?

It's not about partisanship - both Republicans and Democrats have looked the other way on this one. It's not about supporting the area's economy - planes flying out of Love Field will generate just as much in taxes and other revenues as planes flying out of DFW. This is about nothing more than American Airlines, a bloated, ill-managed, poorly run, bad customer service airline, having local representatives by the balls. It's about American airlines being more interested in having political influence than happy customers. It's an ugly example of government of the corporation, by the corporation and for the corporation.

Somebody needs to put a stop to it.

I'm not holding my breath.

Who Links To Me - for the ultimate narcissist in you

Who Links To Me - for the ultimate narcissist in you

I just came across this interesting little link... it gives you stats and sites in regards to who links to your page.

Unfortunately, it seems that it only looks at the top-level domain is pointed to. In other words, it doesn't tell me how many links there are to my user page at Epinions... just links to the main Epinions site.

Still, it's pretty interesting that this is even possible and it could be fun for anyone who has their own domain.